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Topic: Brewery Oops's..... (Read 3687 times)

Ever do something in the brewery that you immediately know is a bad idea, but that split second realization isn't fast enough? Here's mine from yesterday --

Skipped chilling since it was starter wort and was going into quart jars for sterilizing. But, when you spill just a tad and want to clean up a bit, it's a bad idea to use cold water to do so. Just sayin....

Chalk it up as a valuable learning lesson. Glad you didn't get hurt. I've heard quite a few horror stories concerning carboy mishaps. There's a lot of potential for disaster with regards to handling carboys. I am always very cautious.

Super dangerous idea to add boiling - or even hot - liquid to carboy. Ever! The last thing you want to happen is a carboy to shatter in your hands. There have been many people over the years who have had serious laceration from breaking carboys. Serious loss of blood! It's probably a good idea to start reminding people of the dangers of glass carboys again.

Super dangerous idea to add boiling - or even hot - liquid to carboy. Ever! The last thing you want to happen is a carboy to shatter in your hands. There have been many people over the years who have had serious laceration from breaking carboys. Serious loss of blood! It's probably a good idea to start reminding people of the dangers of glass carboys again.

THIS^^^^....NEVER put hot liquid in a carboy or use hot water to clean it. several of mine even have a warning stamped on the bottom.

I have made the mistake of putting hot water into a glass carboy to dissolve some bentonite. The next morning I found grape juice running across my kitchen floor. The carboy had cracked along the bottom allowing the juice to leak out. Fortunately, I was able to rescue the juice without the carboy breaking completely. I do not put hot water in glass carboys anymore.

Super dangerous idea to add boiling - or even hot - liquid to carboy. Ever! The last thing you want to happen is a carboy to shatter in your hands. There have been many people over the years who have had serious laceration from breaking carboys. Serious loss of blood! It's probably a good idea to start reminding people of the dangers of glass carboys again.

Agreed! Prior to moving to stainless conicals, I was using plastic conicals for this very reason. Had an unfortunate meeting between the bottom of a carboy and a concrete floor a few years back, which resulted in a good gash on the bottom of my foot and the loss of a Corsendonk clone. Two lessons learned that day:

1) Never step foot in your brewing space with sandals, even if it's just to check the temperature of a fermenting batch. You'll likely end up messing around with something else, and it's best to be protected.